Safety management systems (SMS) are changing from a prescriptive style to a more 'self-
regulatory'and 'performance oriented'model that is more proactive, participative and better …

The present work deals with the development of an Accident Precursors Management
System, aimed at analysing the accident precursors (unsafe act & conditions and near …

Occupational accidents are commonly collected in large databases by National Workers
Compensation Authorities and companies' safety and prevention teams. The analysis of the …

Abstract Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) and process safety are traditionally
separated by a fuzzy perimeter, and the need to adopt different management approaches is …

Data on occupational accidents are usually stored in large databases by worker
compensation authorities, and by the safety and prevention teams of companies. An …

The use of robotics in the process industry has shown a stable, increasing trend, according
to survey reports, reducing the exposure of operators to critical operations, mainly during …

Management of changes in the work environment is recognized to be a fundamental part of
the safety management, in particular for process plants. The approaches for change …

Safe and successful completion of complex projects in industrial environments requires
careful planning and collaboration of different stakeholders. This paper presents the …

This paper discusses some examples where human performance and/or human error
prediction was achieved by using a modified version of the Rasch model (1980), where the …

The paper provides the comparative risk assessment for the case in related paper Design of
Procedures for Rare, New or Complex Processes: Part 1-An Iterative Risk-Based Approach …